by
Rick Ridgeway

EXPLORATION

1999

PAPER

304 PAGES

Ridgeway's riveting account of 67 days on the mountain and the first American summit with Louis Reichardt, Jim Wickwire and John Roskelley in September 1978. Ridgeway and companions pioneered the Northeast Ridge. (HML107, $21.95)

by
Judy Bonavia

by
MapLink

2002

MAP

This bird's-eye map takes in the region from Dunhuang west across the Taklamakan to Almaty, Bishkek and the Pamirs. With shaded relief, archaeological sites, roads, tracks and paths, railroads and trade routes. (CHN202, $9.95)

by
James A. Millward

HISTORY

2009

PAPER

352 PAGES

Millward's engaging survey of Xinjiang's rich environmental, cultural and ethno-political heritage will appeal travelers, students and anyone eager to learn about this strategic crossroads at the center of Asia. (CHN469, $45.00)

by
Peter Hopkirk

HISTORY

1984

PAPER

252 PAGES

Hopkirk's rousing tale of Sven Hedin and other larger-than-life archaeological raiders of the early 20th century captures the excitement of discovery -- and the glories of the Silk Road. (CAS22, $24.95)

by
Peter Hopkirk

HISTORY

1994

PAPER

565 PAGES

FAVORITE

HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

Hopkirk's spellbinding account of the great struggle for European supremacy in Central Asia takes us over the high mountain passes and through the scorching deserts and caravan towns of the Silk Road, capturing the glamour, intrigue, treachery and adventure of the time. (CAS09, $18.00)

by
David Roberts
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Ed Viesturs

EXPLORATION

2010

PAPER

Focusing on seven of the mountain's most dramatic campaigns, from his own troubled ascent to the 2008 tragedy, Viesturs and Roberts crafts an edge-of-your-seat tale of K2, raising questions of risk, ambition, loyalty, self-sacrifice -- and the price of glory. (HML111, $14.99)

by
Graham Bowley

EXPLORATION

2011

PAPER

253 PAGES

Bowley interviews surviving climbers and many Sherpas, porters, and family and friends, for this dramatic account of the disaster on K2 in August 2008 in which many were injured and 11 died. (HML110, $14.99)

by
Jennifer Jordan

EXPLORATION

2011

PAPER

302 PAGES

Jordan brings back with vivid clarity the life and death of middle-aged, inexperienced Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, who set out to become the first man to climb K2 in 1939. (HML109, $16.95)

by
Francis E. Younghusband

EXPLORATION

1993

HARD COVER

210 PAGES

OUT OF PRINT

First published in 1924, this Great Game classic covers Youngblood's many treks and adventures throughout the Tibetan Plateau, including Turkestan, Hunza, Kashmir and the Chinese Karakaram. (HML104, $48.50)

by
Richard Bernstein

TRAVEL NARRATIVE

2002

PAPER

352 PAGES

In this journey of self-discovery, Bernstein travels across Central Asia from China to India, loosely in the footsteps of the seventh-century Buddhist monk Hsuan Tang. An engaging, informative account of travels. (CAS64, $14.00)

by
Clint Willis

by
Arthur Waley

LITERATURE

2005

PAPER

224 PAGES

The 16th-century Chinese epic of adventure and pilgrimage, as faithfully translated by Arthur Waley. It's the wild tale of the encounters of the rogue-trickster Monkey and his Buddhist companion Tripitaka on the Silk Road. (ASA88, $16.95)

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